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Phys.org / Webb reveals a sample of galaxies with unusual features, nicknamed 'Platypus'

After combing through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Redesigning hospital work environments improves clinician well-being and patient safety across Europe

An international intervention co-led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) and the KU Leuven Institute of Healthcare Policy in Belgium shows that redesigning ...

23 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / California's largest reservoir rises 36 feet as rains boost water supply statewide

When it rains, it pours. And that's good news for California's water supply.

Jan 6, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Language shapes visual processing in both human brains and AI models, study finds

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development of computational models inspired by the brain's layered organization, also known as deep neural ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / 2025 was UK's hottest and sunniest year on record

Last year was Britain's hottest and sunniest on record, the national weather service confirmed on Friday, calling it a "clear demonstration" of the impacts of climate change.

Jan 2, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Greenland's Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone only 7,000 years ago, study finds

The first study from GreenDrill—a project co-led by the University at Buffalo to collect rocks and sediment buried beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet—has found that the Prudhoe Dome ice cap was completely gone approximately ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Making the invisible visible: Space particles become observable through handheld invention

You can't see, feel, hear, taste or smell them, but tiny particles from space are constantly raining down on us.

Jan 7, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Bright light suppresses eating and weight gain in mice

Past research has found that exposure to bright lights and high levels of noise can alter both physiological processes and human behavior. For instance, an elevated or limited exposure to bright lights and noise has been ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Vera C. Rubin Observatory spots record-breaking asteroid in pre-survey observations

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides crucial information ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ancient clay cylinders provide first foundation text documenting Nebuchadnezzar II's restoration of the ziggurat of Kish

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed them to belong to King ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Betelgeuse's elusive companion star: Siwarha's 'wake' detected

Using new observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers have tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion star, Siwarha, on the gas around Betelgeuse. The research, ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / North Pacific winter storm tracks shifting poleward much faster than predicted

Alaska's glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, losing roughly 60 billion tons of ice each year. About 4,000 kilometers to the south, in California and Nevada, records for heat and dryness are being shattered, creating ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Earth